Apprenticeship Β· earn while you train Β· live UK standard from the careers engine
Apprenticeship

Digital community manager

Level
4
Higher
Length
2 yrs
typical
Sector
Digital
Pay
Paid
you earn while training

In a nutshell

Facilitate and instigate direct communication online between the end user or customer and the organisation.

What you'd do

Create and schedule posts, videos, and stories across social platforms
Respond to comments, questions, and messages from community members
Moderate discussions and enforce community guidelines consistently
Track engagement metrics and produce monthly performance reports
Plan and execute campaigns to attract new community members
Collaborate with marketing and design teams on content production
Identify and report trends, issues, or opportunities from community feedback

What you'd learn

Community management principles and platform-specific best practices
Content creation and scheduling for social media and online forums
Online moderation techniques and dealing with harmful content
Analytics tools for measuring community reach, engagement, and growth
Brand voice, tone of voice, and audience-specific communication
Online safety, data protection, and safeguarding in digital spaces
Campaign planning to grow and activate a digital community
Ready to look for a place?
See live Digital community manager apprenticeship vacancies on the official government service.
Find vacancies
A Careermash concept Β· apprenticeship standard from our careers engine Β· vacancies via gov.uk.

Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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